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Ore-Cutts—Bulletin of Orcutt Mineral Society 1 January 2020

Volume LIV Number 1 January 2020

The Pres Box—January 2020 Bill Brown, OMS President

Welcome to a new year. I

hope it will be a happy,

healthy and enjoyable jour-

ney for all. I also hope that

your Holidays were as joy-filled as they could

be.

This is my first time doing this (ever), and I have

not figured out where everything is. I’ll do my

best to get myself caught up.

The board meeting will be on Tue, Jan 7 from 7

to 9 p.m. (Nipomo Chanber of Commerce). If

you have a chance, drop by. We usually have a

good time and non-board members are wel-

come.

Our regular meeting will be on Tue, Jan 14.

The theme will be agates, and the program will

be agates. The club will provide donuts (yum!).

Our bi-monthly highway clean-up will take place

on January 11, the weekend before our General

Meeting. We meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Park-n-

Ride at the southeast corner of Route 101 and

166 east. It is good exercise, and kind of fun,

especially since we have treats and coffee af-

terwards at the Country Kitchen in Santa Maria.

And we can always use another hand or sever-

al.

Our Monthly Breakfast will be on the 25th (4th

Saturday) at the Country Kitchen in Santa Maria

(1701 N. Broadway). Bill Hood has kindly

agreed to continue to be in charge of the

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES Greetings go out to those folks who are hav-

ing Birthdays and Anniversaries in January

BIRTHDAYS

ANNIVERSARIES

Congratulations! If you don ’t see your name here when you should, then the information is not in The Red Book. Please write your important dates down and give them to Wayne so

they will be included in the next edition (April 2018)

Jeannie Beattie 1/2 Pat Nurenberg 1/11 Virginia Rogers 1/21

Elisabeth Nybo 1/27

Sir Paul Howard, 1/28

Elaine Von Achen 1/30

Don and Sylvia Nasholm 1/10

monthly breakfasts, and the breakfasts will fol-

low the order that is shown in the 2019 Red

Book (page 11). Please try to join us! “The

more the merrier” as the saying goes.

We are trying to plan our programs for the year. We have a start, but request your input on topics you would like to hear about. Please talk to Jeanne Brown or myself with your ideas. We are also trying to fill out our show commit-tees for next year. Please check out page 10 in your 2019 Red Books for the Show commit-tees and let me know what activities you would agree to help us with. While you are checking the Red Book, please check your own entry (Pages 12-15) and let us know if anything has changed.

Don & Sylvia Nasholm 1/10


MINERAL OF THE MONTH—

Unakite

Text by Wayne Mills (from Wikipedia). Photo from majesticquartz.com

Alright, it is not a mineral (it is an igneous rock), but it is green and red in honor of Christmas—(mistletoe and holly and all that). Also called “green granite”, it is, in fact an “altered” granite that was first found in the Unakas Mountains of North Caroli-na, but is not limited in its distribution area to the United States. (It occurs in South Africa, Sierra Le-one, Brazil, and China.) The material is also found on the slopes of Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and on the Shores of Lake Superior. The main minerals present in Unakite are Epidote (green), Orthoclase Feldspar (Pink), and Quartz (generally colorless). Good specimens of Unakite take a great polish and are considered a semipre-cious stone, being used in beads, cabochons, sculptures and eggs among other forms.

LOCAL ROCKS--BICONOIDS Wayne Mills, Ore Cutts Editor, Photos by Wayne Mills

When they were first discovered near Templeton, scientists thought they were a new form of fossil clam. Biconoids have a similar bi-lateral symmetry to clams (two equal halves), but they are also bi-radial (meaning

that if you cut them perpendicular to their midpoint, both halves are approximately equal. They look

kind of like the stereotypical UFO. Biconic means “two cones” which, in fact, describes the perfect bi-conoid—two squashed cones joined in the middle. These sedimentary quartz rocks apparently weather out of rhyolite (an igneous rock) like those found on Highway 46, about Post Mile 8. Many biconoids are found weathered out of their matrix off Las Tablas Road near the Twin Cities Hospital in Templeton. The January, 2003 issue of the Ore-Cutts has a nice article about Biconoids written by Bea and Sherm Grizelle, former members of the Santa Lucia Rockhounds. The same issue has an article about geodes and biconoids by Ralph Bishop, honorary member of OMS. The Grizzelle’s article was first published in the June 2001 edition of Rock and Gem Magazine.

BIRTHSTONE(S) FOR JANUARY Story compiled from

The Birth signs for January are: Capricorn (12/22-1/19) and Aquarius (1/20—2/18). According to http://astrologyk.com, the traditional stone for Capricorn is Garnet (Photo: gemsociety.org) as it is used in many ancient calendars as the stone for Jan-uary when most Capricorns are born. “Capricorn is a

zodiac sign where the mystery of the darkest night and the glory of the light merge. The birth-stone Garnet symbolizes the crossing of the bridge of darkness before one

can reach the radiation of the great white light. It is the conquest of the monster of the self that is the ulti-mate goal of the Capricorn.” Garnet comes in a rain-bow of colors depending on the trace minerals pre-sent.

Garnet is also considered the traditional birthstone for January. The traditional Birth Stone for Aquarius is: the Amethyst. The Zodiac sign of Aquarius also re-sponds to Garnet, Turquoise, Agate and Jasper. The tradition of giving gifts of jewelry containing these stones dates back thousands of years. The gem-stone, or birthstone Amethyst is believed to conduct the energies of the planet Uranus with which it is sym-pathetic and that wearing jewelry containing the gem-stone will focus the energies of the planet and sign through the gem.

Biconoid from Tem-pleton atop Multico-noid from Oregon. Collection of Ralph Bishop.

Biconoids from Temple-

ton. Collection of Ralph

Bishop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China


BITS AND BYTES

The Beauty of jade:

https://www.facebook.com/MasonKayJade/

videos/286235702311963/

Virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institution in

Washington D.C.

http://naturalhistory.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_NMNH-

016.html

Inside the World’s largest geode (Southern

Spain)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/

science/2019/10/giant-crystals-formed-in-strange

-ways-climate-chemistry-pulpi-geode/

Scientists find remains of a 386 million year old

forest (oldest known) in New York Quarry.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/

scientists-just-found-remains-of-a-massive-386-

million-year-old-forest/vi-BBYajeh

QUARTZITE (Az.) ROCK SHOWS

SCHEDULE - 2020 Desert Gardens Gem & Mineral

January 01 - February 28, 2018

Prospectors Panorama January 01 - January 14,

2017

Tyson Wells Rock & Gem Show January 05 -

January 14, 2018

QIA Pow Wow - Gems, minerals & jewelry January 17 - January 21, 2018

Gold, Treasure & Craft Show February 9 - 11,

2018

https://xpopress.com/showcase/profile/5/quartzsite-

showcase-swapmeet

https://www.desertusa.com/cities/az/quartzsite.html

Aquarius is the friendliest and most sociable sign of the zodiac, and Aquarius birthstones have been iden-tified of old. Amethyst helps in the promotion of com-munication and effective group work. The ideal is ba-sically oneness of the whole or wholeness of the one, whichever way it is put.

Since purple is also a symbol of majesty, the stone plays a role in spiritualising the nature made noble by sorrow. As the lower nature is purified, the wearer becomes worthy of the "purple robe" or the ultimate goal that lies at the end of the path.

Image from: quotev.com.

Image from: globalracu-tan.com.

Cartoon: Bizarro.com

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/giant-crystals-formed-in-strange-ways-climate-chemistry-pulpi-geode/



https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/scientists-just-found-remains-of-a-massive-386-million-year-old-forest/vi-BBYajeh




PICTURES FROM OUR ANNUAL MEETING —12/14/2019 Pictures by Bill Hood


DISPLAYS FROM OUR NOVEMBER MEET-

ING

Our November Meeting was the Annual 1’ x 1’

contest. Members voted on their favorite dis-

play for a

neat prize

donated by

Wes Linger-

felt (a Rhod-

onite

Sphere.

The winning

display was

Betty

Campbell’s

25-item dis-

play

of banded

agates from

various lo-

cations.

Thanks to

all who

brought dis-

plays!

The Browns receive their Golden Bear Certificates

Betty’s winning display

Incoming (2020) Board

Brenna and Sylvia at the gift exchange


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ORCUTT MINERAL SOCIETY Board Meeting

Nipomo Chamber of Commerce December 3, 2019

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After some excitement trying to get into the building, President Wayne Mills called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm. Incoming and outgoing Board members present were: Wayne Mills, Jan Ferguson, Bill and Jeanne Watkins Brown, Debbie Hood, Dick Bazzell, Dyanna Cridelich, Alexis Van Natta , Sylvia Nasholm, Sally Griffith, and Renea Sut-cliffe. Elisabeth Nybo stopped in to drop off the Bul-letin Editor Stuff and 3 copies of the bulletin. Wes Lingerfelt attended to present an item to the Board. Minutes: Minutes from general meeting were read by President Wayne Mills since the bulletin was just hot off the presses at time of the meeting. No addi-tions or corrections. Accepted as printed. Treasurer’s report: Jeanne Watkins Brown pre-sented the Treasurer’s report. Checking and savings total over $26,949. Tax return was due on Novem-ber 15 and is taken care of. The Abused Children’s fund has $750 and the Board voted to round this number to $1000, our usual donation. Treasurer’s Report was accepted as presented. Jeanne will pre-sent the 2020 Budget at our Annual Meeting. Correspondence: Included newsletters from AFMS, So. County Chamber of Commerce, the Under-ground Mining Museum, and the Santa Lucia Rock-hounds (Rockonteur). We also had requests from donations from The Oasis Senior Center and the Sal-vation Army. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Bulletin: The Bulletin is out . It looks good (4 –pages this month). No corrections or additions. CFMS: Renea had no report. Wayne (CFMS Rep for Santa Lucia Roockhounds) mentioned that Quartzite Shows are in January. Wes Lingerfelt is planning to attend in the second week of January. There will be an AFMS Rocky Mountain Federation Show in Big Piney Wyoming on June 6/13-016/2020. There will be field trips in connection to the show. Two of the collecting areas will be Blue Forest Petri-fied wood, and Fish Fossils from Kemmerer, Wyo-ming. Field Trips: The field trip to Cliff Brewens’ home in November was fun. There was a lot of nice material from the Grizzelle’s rock sale.

Betty and her Rhodonite Sphere donated by Wes Lingerfelt


Highway Cleanup: Our next Highway cleanup will be held Januiary 11, 2020 at 8:00 am. Members will meet on the Southeast corner of Highways 101 and 166 East. Membership: Debbie Hood had nothing to report.

Refreshments: January treats are doughnuts on the Club. Wayne is supposed to bring a sign-up list to pass around at the January meeting. Sunshine: Jeanne Brown was looking quite spry as she is recovering form her recent surgery. We are told that Lisa Azevedo is recovering from knee sur-gery. Bill Hood is not doing well. Scholarship: (Jeanne Brown) Nothing to report this month. Breakfast: (Bill Hood) Next breakfast is January 25 at Country Kitchen in Santa Maria. 2020 Brfeakfasts will follow the pattern in our 2019 Red Book. Education: (Wayne Mills) Nothing to report this month. Library: (Alexis Van Natta) Our library is posted on our web site. Let her know if you want anything. Show: President Brown should submit the applica-tion (to the Lucia Mar School District) for use of Nipo-mo High School for our August Show in January. Other groups may try to usurp our show dates! The approval process can take 3-5 months. Our 2020 Show Dates are August 7-9. Annual Meeting: Our Annual Meeting/ Madonna Inn Luncheon will take place on Saturday, December 14th, 2020. It will begin at 12:00 noon and go until 3:00 pm. Those of you who want to participate in the gift ex-change, please bring a rock-related gift that is worth $10.00 and don’t forget to bring a can or two for the food drive. Old Business: Bill says that hois understanding is that we have the Oasis Center until June 2020. We will need to resub-mit the application at that time. Our new Board was elected by unanimous acclaim at our November Gen-eral meeting. They are: President (Bill Brown), Presi-dent Elect (Jeanne Brown), Treasurer (Betty Camp-bell), Secretary (Wayne Mills), Board: (Dick Bazzell, Debbie Hood, Sally Griffith, Jan Ferguson, Renea Sutcliffe) .

Wayne thanked the current board for their service to the club in 2019. New Business: Wes Lingerfelt mentioned that we had an open Pay Pal Account for selling rocks donated by Lucky Vir-gin to the club. He wanted to get his name off the account. Jeanne Brown bought 2 of the three cabo-chons and the sphere, and we put the other cab in the Treasure Chest for our 2020 Show. The Board Voted to close the Pay Pal Account. Motion passed. The Board reviewed the proposed Agenda for our annual meeting and had no changes. President Wayne Mills adjourned the meet-ing at 7:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted: Wayne Mills for Debbie Hood, 2019 Secretary, OMS

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ORCUTT MINERAL SOCIETY Annual Meeting

Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, CA December 14, 2019

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OMS ANNUAL MEETING

MADONNA INN –December 14, 2019

The meeting began about 12:20 PM with the invo-

cation by Mike Henson, and the Flag Salute by Tru-

man Burgess.

Serving of the meal began about 12:30 pm and just

after 1:00 pm, President Mills gave his annual report

remarking that OMS had had another good year,

and he thanked many people who had helped to

make it so. He then introduced the incoming offic-

ers and board (many of whom are continuing on the

Board and as Officers. The 2020 Boiard is:

President (Bill Brown), President-Elect (Jeanne

Brown), Secretary (Wayne Mills), Treasurer (Betty

Campbell). Board members for 2020 are: Dick

Bazzell, Jan Ferguson, Sally Griffith, Debbie Hood

and Renea Sutcliffe)

Our Treasurer Jeanne Brown commented that she

had left the proposed budget at home, but that the

club was still solvent, and that she would present

the 2020 budget at our January meeting.


President Mills asked for any Old or New Busi-

ness, and there was none. He then proceeded

to the Awards and Recognition. Bill and Jeanne

Brown were the recipients of the 2019 Golden

Bear awards for their many good deeds for our

society. Wayne then mentioned that while he

would not make a Member of the Year award, he

wanted to recognize Wes Lingerfelt for his con-

tinuing and valuable

contributions to our

society.

Wes then proceeded

to administer the oath

of office to the new

Board and individually

to the new officers.

Incoming President

Bill Brown mentioned

that he had bronchitis

and would keep his

remarks short. Bill

said that being new to the office of president, he

will need a lot of help from the membership in the

coming year. He mentioned some of his priori-

ties for the year, including adding new, and espe-

cially younger members to help keep the club

vital. In aid of this goal, Bill proposed a manned

membership table at our 2020 Show. He also

expressed a desire to find a home for a lapidary

workshop for the club as we have enjoyed in the

past. After Bill’s remarks, Wes Lingerfelt men-

tioned that he had brought 2020 pocket calen-

dars for all the meeting attendees.

Then the meeting was turned over to Sylvia

Nasholm for the gift exchange. She had 35 num-

bers to run through and with occasional stealing

taking place, that activity took up most of the rest

of the time. The meeting concluded just shy of

3:00 pm when we were due to leave the room.

Respectfully submitted, Wayne Mills, OMS Sec-retary

OMS CALENDAR

JANUARY 2020

Tuesday, January 7 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

OMS Board Meeting, Nipo-mo Chamber of Commerce meeting room. All mem-bers are welcome at this meeting.

Saturday, January 11 8:00 a.m.

Highway Clean-up at southeast corner 101/166 East

Tuesday, January 14 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

General Meeting—Luis Oa-sis Senior Center. Program—Agates! Wes Lin-gerfelt Display—Agates / Anything Refreshments-Donuts—Club provides

Saturday, January 18

FT—TBD

Saturday, January 25 8:30 a.m.

OMS Monthly Breakfast—Country Kitchen, Santa Ma-ria

FEBRUARY 2020

Tuesday, February 4 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

OMS Board Meeting, Nipo-mo Chamber of Commerce meeting room. All mem-bers are welcome at this meeting.

Tuesday, February 11 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

General Meeting—Luis Oa-sis Senior Center. Program—TBD Display—TBD Refreshments-Pie—

Saturday, February 15 FT—TBD

Saturday, February 22 8:30 a.m.

OMS Monthly Breakfast—Country Kitchen, Arroyo Grande


Hours: 10 – 10 daily Contact: Bert Grisham, (951) 849-1674 Email: [email protected] February 15 – 17: ANTIOCH, CA Antioch Lapidary Club Contra Costa County Fairgrounds 1201 West 10th Street Hours: 10 – 5 daily Contact: Brenda Miguel Email: [email protected] Website: antiochlapidaryclub.com

February 22 – 23: VALLEJO, CA Vallejo Gem & Mineral Society McCormack Hall, Solano County Fairgrounds 900 Fairgrounds Drive Hours: 10 – 5 daily Contact: Debra Duhon , (415) 254-1506 Email: [email protected] Website: vjgems.org

BASIC GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE (Time in millions of Years)

Geologyin.com

2020-OMS OFFICERS

President Bill Brown (805) 481-1811

President-Elect Jeanne Brown (805) 481-1811

Secretary Wayne Mills (805) 481-3495

Treasurer Betty Campbell (805) 929-5344

Imm. Past Pres. Wayne Mills (805) 481-3495

2020-OMS BOARD MEMBERS

Dick Bazzell (805-757-9123

Jan Ferguson (805) 474-9977

Sally Griffith (805) 928-6848

Debbie Hood (805) 481-6860

Renea Suttcliffe 805) 929-2783

CFMS FEDERATION DIRECTOR

Renea Suttcliffe 805) 929-2783

Copyright 2017 Orcutt Mineral Society. Material in this newsletter may be duplicated provided that credit is given this publication and the author(s). For commercial use, the individual author(s) must be contacted. Editor may be con-tacted c/o OMS, P.O. Box 106, Santa Maria, Ca. 93456-0106, or via club web site omsinc.org.

OMS Membership $24.00 for Individual, $34.00 per cou-ple, $5.00 Each Additional Family Member, $5 for Juniors under age of 18. One time initiation fee for new members is $10.00. OMS Membership Chairperson is: ?

OMS Webmaster –Bill Brown– (805) 481-1811 Check out our OMS web site at: http://www.omsinc.org or send e-mail to: info @omsinc.org.

Ore-Cutts Editor/Publisher

Wayne Mills (805) 481-3495 [email protected]

CFMS SHOWS

JANUARY (2020)

January 18 – 19: EXETER, CA Tule Gem & Mineral Society, Visalia Exeter Veterans’ Memorial Building 324 N. Kaweah Avenue Hours: Sat 10 – 5; Sun 10 – 4 Contact: Gayle Bingaman (559) 802-6029 Email: [email protected] Website: tulegem.com FEBRUARY (2020)

February 14 – 23: INDIO, CA San Gorgonio Mineral & Gem Society Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival 82-503 Highway 111

mailto:[email protected]


http://www.antiochlapidaryclub.com/


http://www.vjgems.org/


http://www.tulegem.com/


ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

The ORE-CUTTS (named after, William Orcutt) was first published in 1966. Member Helen Azevedo was the first editor. The Orcutt Mineral Society was founded in 1958, and was also named after Orcutt who was a geologist and civil engineer who worked in the Santa Maria Valley as a District Manager for Union Oil Company in 1888. In 1889, William Orcutt discovered the mineral and fossil wealth of the La Brea Tar Pits on the property of Captain Alan Hancock in Los Angeles. The La Brea Tar Pits are one of the most signifi-cant fossil finds in paleontological history. OMS is a non-profit organization dedicated to stimulating an interest in the earth sciences. The club offers educational programs, field trips, schol-arships, and other opportunities for families and individuals to pursue an interest in the collecting and treatment of lapidary materials, fossils, gems, minerals, and other facets of the Earth Sciences. In addition, another goal of this Society is to pro-mote good fellowship and proper ethics in pursuit of the Society’s endeavors. Operating Rules have been set forth to guide the officers and members of the Society in accomplishing these aims. Affili-ations of the OMS include American Federation of Mineral Societies, and California Federation of Mineral Societies.

Orcutt Mineral Society, Inc. P.O. Box 106 Santa Maria, CA 93456-0106

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